Ampara Electoral District (1960–1989)

Ampara Electoral District (Amparai Electoral District) was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Ampara in Ampara District, Eastern Province. The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the proportional representation electoral system for electing members of Parliament. The existing 160 mainly single-member electoral districts were replaced with 22 multi-member electoral districts.[1] Ampara electoral district was replaced by the Ampara (Amparai) multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Ampara continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) Wijayabahu Wijayasinha Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1960-1960
1960 (July) Indrasena de Zoysa 1960-1965
1965 Senerath Somaratne 1965-1977
1970
1977 Petikirige Dayaratna United National Party 1977-1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:[2]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
 Wijayabahu WijayasinhaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand4,23732.09%
 M. S. BakmiwewaMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel3,82929.00%
 D. P. GoonatilakeUnited National PartyElephant2,96222.43%
 A. S. de SilvaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey1,57711.94%
K. P. Augo SinghoIndependentSun2461.86%
 D. WickramaarachchigeLanka Democratic Party[3]Umbrella1841.39%
H. M. AppuhamyCockerel880.67%
Indradasa SamaranayakeOrange800.61%
Valid Votes13,203100.00%
Rejected Votes188
Total Polled13,391
Registered Electors19,535
Turnout68.55%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:[4]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
 Indrasena de ZoysaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand5,71044.79%
 D. P. GoonatilakeUnited National PartyElephant3,71329.13%
 M. S. BakmiwewaMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel3,32526.08%
Valid Votes12,748100.00%
Rejected Votes79
Total Polled12,827
Registered Electors19,535
Turnout65.66%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:[5]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
 Senerath SomaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand10,07741.20%
 Kalanasiri SundasingheUnited National PartyElephant7,85732.12%
 M. S. BakmiwewaMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel6,52426.67%
Valid Votes24,458100.00%
Rejected Votes290
Total Polled24,748
Registered Electors32,914
Turnout75.19%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
 Senerath SomaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand18,57055.97%
 Petikirige DayaratnaUnited National PartyElephant14,19442.78%
Y. S. MinorisChair4141.25%
Valid Votes33,178100.00%
Rejected Votes220
Total Polled33,398
Registered Electors42,029
Turnout79.46%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[7]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Petikirige DayaratnaElephant24,58159.18%
Senerath SomaratneHand16,00938.54%
A. Seelaratne De SilvaKey9452.28%
Valid Votes41,535100.00%
Rejected Votes161
Total Polled41,696
Registered Electors49,006
Turnout85.08%

References & footnotes
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2010-11-27.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-12.
  3. Also known as the Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17.

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